tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631429776292642259.post8925791841746084356..comments2024-02-14T04:37:42.427+02:00Comments on What's up on aprs.fi: High-altitude balloonsHessuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550787353137508264noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631429776292642259.post-47355723651872727932007-08-29T20:58:00.000+03:002007-08-29T20:58:00.000+03:00www.ntexbp.orgNorth Texas Amateurs Prepare for Hig...<B>www.ntexbp.org</B><BR/><BR/>North Texas Amateurs Prepare for High Altitude Balloon Flight<BR/><BR/>Members of the North Texas Balloon Project are making final preparations for the launch of NTBP-15. NTBP-15 is scheduled to launch Saturday September 1st, 2007 at approximately 8:30 AM CDT from the Hillsboro, Texas Airport (32.0835 N 97.0971W). NTBP-15 will carry a number of payloads to an expected altitude of 96,000 feet. The payloads include:<BR/><BR/>APRS: Operating with the call sign W5SJZ-11 on 144.39 MHz.<BR/><BR/>Homing and Data Beacon: The homing beacon will operate on 145.560 MHz.<BR/>In addition to aiding search teams during the recovery phase of the mission, the beacon with transmit plain language navigation and environmental data to the ground during the entire duration of the flight.<BR/><BR/>Crossband FM Repeater: The crossband FM repeater is open for all to use. During the final minutes of the balloon's ascent, it is possible that as many as parts of seven states will be able to communicate via the crossband repeater. The crossband FM repeater will operate on the frequencies of 445.800 MHz UP – 147.560 MHz Down. The repeater does not employ any tones for access.<BR/><BR/>Amateurs across the southwest will be able to follow flight preparations and receive status reports on the balloon's progress via a special NTBP-15 operations net that will be held on 7.260 MHz +/- QRM commencing at 7:45 AM CDT. The Net Control Station will be W5SJZ.<BR/><BR/>Updated information can be found of flight preparations can be found at www.ntexbp.org.<BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ntx_aprs_ug/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631429776292642259.post-34855532914852527402007-08-21T04:27:00.000+03:002007-08-21T04:27:00.000+03:00Thanks for the link to the SABLE-III webpage Hessu...Thanks for the link to the SABLE-III webpage Hessu! We pointed everyone interested in watching the balloon flight to aprs.he.fi. There's no website better suited to this task than yours. It does a better job showing the APRS traffic than UI-View or Xastir.<BR/><BR/>One of our chase teams had no APRS equipment on board, solely relying on aprs.he.fi to track the balloon telemetry on their laptop using a cellphone data connection to the internet.<BR/><BR/>We put a little spike into the usage graphs on August 11 between the two balloon projects!<BR/><BR/>James<BR/>VE6SRVUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715482024948994974noreply@blogger.com